Is the gap between the rich and poor growing?
By: Robert Sims, book editor
Contributors: Sims, Robert J
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Income distribution -- United States; Rich people -- United States; Poor -- United States; Equality -- United States; United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-103) and index
Table of contents: title: Economic inequality has accelerated / Paul Krugman; title: Reports of economic inequality are greatly exaggerated / Robert Rector; title: There is still a wide economic gap between African Americans and whites / John A. Foster-Bey; title: African Americans are thriving economically / Steve Miller; title: American families suffer from growing economic instability / Jacob S. Hacker; title: Income inequality obstructs social and economic mobility / Charles R. Morris; title: Income inequailty does not lead to greater poverty / Jonah Goldberg; title: Income inequality benefits American society / Christopher J. Coyne; title: Personal choices increase the gap between the rich and poor / Isabel V. Sawhill; title: Marital status separates the rich from the poor / Jonathan Rauch; title: Capitalist democracies create growing inequality / Ian Shapiro; title: Forced economic redistribution would cause greater long-term poverty / Kevin A. Hassett